Bookmarked: The Dinner by Herman Koch
Faced with a tragedy that will ultimately change your entire life, what would you do? Herman Koch’s internationally bestselling novel, The Dinner, places two families at an Amsterdam dinner table, faced with this exact question. Bound eternally by more than the actions of their sons, this story craftily unfolds as each course is delivered to...
Read Alert: Alfred Nerz Goes Gonzo in Marijuanamerica
Did you know Uncle Sam is a pot farmer? Or that every major pharmaceutical company sold cannabis products until 1937? That the plant’s early enemies were blatantly racist? That when marijuana was first “banned,” not a single lawman ever actually voted to criminalize it? Critics will either call Alfred Nerz self-indulgent or the more flattering...
Read This: The Narrow Way by Chris Lemig
By the time he was 12, Chris Lemig knew he was gay. He knew it, but he wasn’t quite ready to accept it. And so ensued over 20 years of silent suffering; of alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicidal tendencies. Repressing his own identity, he spiraled down into a crux of neglect and self-hatred. Now 42,...
On the Bookshelf: The P.I.G. Mantras
With a name like The P.I.G. Mantras, curiosity is easily piqued. And in today’s market, the easy read builds inspiration for today’s average woman, who may feel slighted in the still (for the most part) man-driven world of business. The story of Maite Burns, a 20-year-old young woman seeking a job to support her new...
Hollywood Screenwriter Neil Landau’s New Book “The Screenwriter’s Roadmap”
On a Friday night in Denver, about a dozen movie gurus and aspiring writers ventured out into the chilly December air to hear Hollywood screenwriter Neil Landau speak at the Tattered Cover Bookstore. With screenwriting credits like “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” and “Melrose Place,” among others, Landau has had his share of success...
Tattered Cover Screenwriting Workshop Features Hollywood’s Neil Landau
Neil Landau, whose successful career as an established Hollywood screenwriter and script consultant has spanned over two decades, knows first hand how to navigate the rough terrains of writing a screenplay. He shares his insight in his second book, “The Screenwriter’s Roadmap: 21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Story.” Addressing the major obstacles of screenwriting, the...
Denver’s Yves Navant Releases his First Book, The Many Deaths of Kristian 13
A Cautionary Tale of Restless Youth and Debauchery With distinct European features and an abundance of tattoos, Denver-based Yves Navant looks the part of an artist who has lived and seen a lot in his thirty-five years. But don’t judge this book by its cover. Navant is deeply poetic, multi-faceted, never apologetic and fiercely insightful....
Food for the brain: Eat more? Exercise less? Yes, please!
If I had a dollar for every type of magical weight loss plan on the market, I could retire. The number of dieting articles, books, and programs available today is simply overwhelming. Billboards, television commercials, television shows, colleagues, friends, family…it never ends. Today’s society is constantly bombarded with dieting tools and tips they never wanted....
Taking a Knee with 303: Aaron Schatz
In his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a strange phenomenon. People tend to feel apprehension and uncertainty when they first encounter something wholly unfamiliar, something their past experience hasn’t prepared them for. People dislike that feeling, and quite often they mistake the dislike of the feeling of uncertainty...
Taking a Knee with 303: John Cheese
Before Peyton Manning donned a Bronco’s orange and blue uniform, before they drafted, started, and then traded Tim Tebow, before anybody even imagined that John Elway was about to put the finishing touches on his career and lead the Broncos to back-to-back championships, Homer Simpson confessed his dream to one day own an NFL franchise....
Taking a Knee with 303: Drew Karpyshyn
Do you know what “leveling up” means? (If so, you may be a nerd, and if you’re a nerd, you may already have heard of today’s guest. You may skip ahead.) Like other RPG video games, Madden NFL’s franchise mode allows you to level your players, in this case by taking them through reps of...
Booklovers Unite at the Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
It’s the sound of a binding cracking open for the first read shattering the silence of the library as the smell of book pages fills the air. It’s snuggling up under the covers with a flashlight and your favorite novel past bedtime. It’s sipping iced tea poolside on vacation with the latest paperback in your...
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